57. Lana ClarksonBest known for BARBARIAN QUEEN and its sequel, she also appeared in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, DEATHSTALKER, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON, THE HAUNTING OPF MORELLA and VICE GIRLS. Sadly, the general public may remember her as the actress Phil Spector killed, but I'll always remember her as the woman who took my exploitation movie virginity.

Hey, REV, as much an admirer of SPECTOR the producer, as I am, finally, justice for LANA:

April 14-21: Spector Guilty, George Harrison Gets Star Treatment "...the conclusion of the trial of mega-producer Phil Spector in Los Angeles. Spector, perhaps the most famous producer in the history of rock 'n' roll, was on Monday found guilty of second degree murder for the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson. It was the second trial for Spector after the first, held in 2007, ended in a deadlocked jury, and as verdicts go, it was something of a doozy: the 69-year-old producer may face life in prison when sentencing takes place on May 29th. Spector's been a part of some of the biggest recordings in the history of pop music, and controversy for him has been nothing new. Check out these fascinating accounts of the producer's involvement with both the Ramones and Leonard Cohen during the '70s--well past his commercial peak--for some eye-opening details..." http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/thatsreallyweek/43222/april-14-21-spector-guilty-george-harrison-gets-star-treatment/

Based on everything I read (and common sense), the two holdouts are idiots.Personally, I think that crap like this happens too often. The judge should have held the jury. "You're not being dismissed until you have reached a verdict. I don't care if it takes years."

"The basic plot is that Donna Speir and Hope Marie Carlton, the two undercover DEA agent Playboy Playmates from the last movie, are still running around in jungle shorts, cowboy boots and spaghetti strap T-shirts, firing their machine guns at drug smugglers, Filipino communist guerrillas, and corrupt federal agents while their two friends, Lisa London and Miss May 1984 Patty Duffek, lounge around the pool a lot and talk on speaker phones that look like fax machines."-Joe Bob on SAVAGE BEACH

The weird thing about all of this is that it was predicted way back in Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert based the freaky rock producer character on stories they heard about Spector. At the end, because they werent sure how else to end it, they have him murder the other characters in a drug-crazed Ciello Drive-inspired freakout.

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